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Friends and Foes. Traditional and Alt-Right in Romania

A man holds a portrait of US President Donald Trump with an alleged quote of him: "I'm in favor of traditional family as a union between a man and a woman" during a protest in Bucharest May 20, 2017. Dozens of people, supporters of far-right party Noua Dreapta (The New Right) marched downtown Bucharest prior to incoming "Bucharest Pride" to express their support for the traditional family and to protest against homosexuality shouting "Romania doesn't tolerate the homosexuals" and "Romania, an (Christian) Orthodox country". / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU

This article is published in collaboration with Bilten: a regional online portal.  The proposal for a referendum to amend the constitution in order to inscribe the definition of family as the union between a woman and a man is dividing opinion in Romania and it represents a platform for the affirmation of a Romanian version […]